January 27 2012 8:09 AM

MMS 2012, Session Declined & The Avengers?

The Microsoft Management Summit 2012 looks like it will be an incredible experience with all of the updates occurring in the System Center 2012 space (pun somewhat intended)! I highly recommend that if you can be there – be there. I think that this will...

January 26 2012 2:49 PM

ConfigMgr 2012–Notes from three days with Wally in Austin!

This summary is the work of a colleague of mine Eric Morrison who attended both the SystemCenterUniverse event and two days of user group meetings presented by the infamous Wally Mead. Well done Eric (and of course well done Wally for spending time with...

January 26 2012 11:23 AM

OpsMgr 2012 (#SCOM) and ConfigMgr 2012 (#SCCM) Q&A

The following questions are the result of yesterday’s self-proclaimed game of “stump the chump” with myself playing the chump in a room full of IT folks (who had some excellent questions on Configuration Manager and Operations Manager). The responses bel...

January 26 2012 5:38 AM

What’s new in the Cloud Services Process Pack (CSPP) Release Candidate for System Center 2012?

Microsoft have posted a beta refresh of the Cloud Services Process Pack (CSPP), which you can download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28726&ocid=aff-n-we-loc--ITPRO40886&WT.mc_id=aff-n-we-loc—ITPRO40886 I wanted to put together a...

January 24 2012 5:29 AM

Private Cloud in the real world: 5 lessons from the private cloud fabric

When I first said I wanted to talk about private cloud in the real world, I was thinking to share some deep insights. In reality, some of the insights are not so deep, but rather just part of the long list of little things you must get right to deliver o...

January 18 2012 7:36 AM

How to prepare for Orchestrator? Learn Opalis in a month of Friday afternoons! (free online resources)

“Should I learn learn System Center now, or what until System Center 2012 comes out?” I hear this question fairly often from customers. What if I told you that a month from now, you could add a relevant, important skill to your resume in a month of Frida...

January 17 2012 11:59 AM

Why I am no longer an Operations Manager MVP… but I am a System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP!

There was an interesting discussion today (Taming IT with the Microsoft Private Cloud) which shows the deeper level of integration occurring in the System Center space. The following is my “Summary for Geeks” from the meeting above: Packaging and Pricing...

January 16 2012 5:26 PM

Do not miss this Web Event: Tuesday Jan 17 2012!

If you want to know more about the future direction of the System Center 2012 product line as well as what Microsoft is doing with the private cloud space don’t miss this web event Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud. Registration link below. ht...

January 16 2012 2:16 PM

Reminder - Virtual Event: Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud

Big news coming from Microsoft on System Center 2012 and Private Cloud on Jan 17th folks! Don’t miss it! Registration Register Now for the virtual event Tuesday, January 17th 8:30 AM PST | 16:30 UTC Hear from other senior IT professionals about how cloud...

January 13 2012 2:36 PM

System Center Universe registration has passed the 1000 mark! (#SCOM, #SCCM, #SCVMM, #SCDPM, #SCSM)

Cool news update, I just received word that System Center Universe (www.systemcenteruniverse.com) has passed the 1000+ registration mark! Let’s make this into the biggest System Center community event ever!